Grants Pass police officers and firefighters maintained a steady and strong pace of community protection last week.
According to the Weekly Report filed by Grants Pass City Manager Aaron Cubic, police officers responded to a total of 663 calls for service along with 288 officer-initiated calls that resulted in 56 arrests, 28 citations, 29 warnings and three highly-intoxicated people being lodged at the Sobering Center.
Cubic also reported that officers conducted a total of 50 traffic stops and made 22 referrals to the Oregon Department of Human Services.
The GPPD Community Response Team (CRT) made contact with 184 potential troublemakers while arrested two people, citing 26 more and warning 28 others. The CRT unit also trespassed 18 individuals, posted 66 transient camps and removed trash from two campsites in city parks.
Grants Pass Fire & Rescue responded to a total of 97 calls last week including 33 for emergency medical service, 10 reports of fire or smoke, 12 lift assists, one rescue situation, nine assists to other agencies and 10 false alarms. Firefighters also performed 74 business inspections, assisted the public eight times and properly installed two child car seats.
The Grants Pass 9-1-1 Communications Center fielded a total of 1,394 emergency calls in addition to 806 calls for non-emergency service.